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The Compliant Mind for Parents and Teachers in Minnesota

In Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Rochester and every community in between, children in Minnesota increasingly meet AI chatbots that are built to agree with them.

Public schools in Minnesota work under the Minnesota Department of Education; The Compliant Mind is meant to complement, not replace, the guidance that the Minnesota Department of Education and local districts give on technology in classrooms.

Minneapolis–Saint Paul hosts major health-technology, retail and medical-device companies, and Rochester is home to the Mayo Clinic. That makes the question of when a child should hear "no" from a machine a practical one.

Minnesota has one of the strongest cooperative traditions in the country, from farm co-ops to neighborhood food co-ops. That habit of shared, agreed rules is exactly what a household needs around always-yes AI.

At a glance: Minnesota

3 practical tips for parents and teachers in Minnesota

  1. When a child says "the AI said so," treat it as the start of a conversation, not the end of one.
  2. Use the book's household rules as a family contract: write three of them down, sign it together and review it at the start of each school term.
  3. Keep devices out of bedrooms overnight; many of the most agreeable conversations with chatbots happen late, when no adult is around to say no.

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Questions and answers

Is The Compliant Mind useful for parents and teachers in Minnesota?

Yes. It is written for any family or classroom where children use AI chatbots and apps that always agree. Families and teachers in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Rochester can pair its Look-Up Protocol with the technology guidance from the Minnesota Department of Education and their local schools.

Who wrote The Compliant Mind?

Jarvis Nelson Osorio, a technology entrepreneur and innovator who works on AI systems and DAO institutional design.

What does The Compliant Mind cost?

$14.99 on Amazon US (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLVFB72B), subject to change. Bilingual families can also get La mente complaciente.

Jarvis Nelson Osorio is a technology entrepreneur and innovator, AI technology innovator, systems architect and DAO institutional designer.

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